Colin Berry

/archaeology/ article: Shroudie-Alert: Day 10. A new(ish) take on a very old amulet↑ top

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Nope. But you are allowed a second guess Hugh. I’ll now raise the viewing angle a bit. Later, I’ll be suggesting we take a new angle (boom boom) on the semantics too – like the meaning of “amulet”..

/archaeology/ article: Shroudie-Alert: Day 10. A new(ish) take on a very old amulet↑ top

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I did indeed spot your most perceptive comment re sampling error, Hugh and had intended to include it in a list of responses to that thread. But come midnight I was only halfway through the checklist and decided to call it a day! Thanks for the reminder. How much attention to detail do you suppose went into the statistical design of that protease experiment? Do you by any chance have a reprint of that Adler/Heller experiment? If so, could you maybe post some extracts here, and/or email it?.

/archaeology/ article: Shroudie-Alert: Day 10. A new(ish) take on a very old amulet↑ top

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Admit it, MPH. You have a problem with people whose thinking is focused, and who don’t give themselves fancy titles.(I’m content, if pushed, to state my qualifications, signing off as Colin Berry M Sc, Ph D (Univ of London) with no need to mention my postdoctoral career, publications etc. This being a blog, not a cv).

Oh, and please don’t blitz my recent Comments, prematurely pushing off the bottom some that deserve to be visible for hours, indeed days. It’s a ‘netiquette’ thing you know… Final warning..

/archaeology/ article: Shroudie-Alert: Day 10. A new(ish) take on a very old amulet↑ top

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Yes, but we are not dealing with a Templar prisoner with time on his hands, like years in a prison cell. We are dealing with someone commissioned to produce a souvenir badge with I believe – an ulterior motive to deflect unwelcome attention from the local bishop, and who was incredibly superb at his craft, incorporating a vast amount of fine detail into a relatively small badge.

What’s more, his finished product would have been closely scrutinized by the de Charney/de Vergy family who set out to market their mischievous and enigmatic Shroud. The latter commissioned a badge, or series of badges, to ensure everything was on message – a subtly shifting message – carefully vetted to be free of silly and incriminating errors, .

Nothing, absolutely nothing could be allowed that might have attracted unwelcome comment and thus compromised the entire project, possibly putting their lives at risk. Everything on that badge had to have a purpose. Making sure the figure was not too Christ like, but could be close enough to the Shroud image for the casual observer to have assumed it was MEANT TO REPRESENT Christ, but, you know, taxing the skills of a somewhat rustic craftsman, maybe not terribly good at his job, good on heraldry but hopeless with people bla bla, was all part and parcel of some very smart product positioning (and covert re positioning) that has brought us where we are today..